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Thank you for subscribing to our newsletter. This newsletter highlights the Ability Axis Employment Expo as well as local events and information that might interest you.
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2012 Ability Axis Employment Expo
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 May 17, 2012 is the date for the 2012 Employment Expo. We just confirmed that the Victoria Inn, 1808 Wellington Avenue in Winnipeg will once again be the site for the Expo. Mark your calendar!
Spread the word to your colleagues, friends and family. As details become available, we will post them on our website, these electronic newsletters, and update our Facebook page and Twitter feeds. Make sure you stay in the loop.
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Voting in the Video Contest for Entrepreneurs with Disabilities
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The Just Watch Me! Video contest now has its "Top 5" videos ready for voting. 4 of the top 5 are Entrepreneurs from Manitoba!
Please visit the website, watch the videos and vote for your favourite. The Entrepreneur with the highest votes wins the $1,000 cash prize!
Once you vote, you will be sent an email to verify your vote and you need to click on the link in the email to make your vote count. Click here to vote. You can also check out the voting results.
Voting ends November 26th! Will your favourite win?
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Online Inventory of Organizations
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We have created a growing online inventory of organizations that provide employment services to people with disabilities in Manitoba. See all the organizations that have been added to the list on our organizations page. But be sure to keep checking back as we continue to add new Organizations.
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Ricky Gervais Video PSA
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Make sure you watch this one minute PSA video from the UK right to the end.
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Denise Bissonnette presents Clueless
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Denise Bissonnette's poem, Clueless, challenges us to look beyond a person's barriers or limitations and gain a more expansive view of their passion and their possibilities. Don't miss this five minute video.
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Bank of Montreal's Strategies
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In a recent news release, the Bank of Montreal outlined its strategies for increasing the number of people with disabilities in its workforce.
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2012 Employment Expo Partners
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 We are proud to have the support of many community organizations who pledge to partner with us by using their communications networks to promote the Employment Expo throughout the community.
Are you interested in becoming a partner of the Ability Axis Employment Expo? Send us an email!
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Find Us with Your Smart Phone
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Want to be sure you can find information about the Ability Axis Employment Expo wherever you go? Scan this code with your camera enabled smart phone for mobile access to our website. There you can also find our Facebook and Twitter feeds.
Do you know anyone who would benefit from knowing about the Expo? Be sure to pass on this newsletter and mention the QR code.
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Equal Opportunity in the Workplace
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Read the National Post article about the benefits of hiring persons with disabilities and other comments.
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2011 Employment Expo T-Shirts
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We still have a few Expo T-Shirts available for purchase for blowout price of $14.00 (incl. taxes and shipping). The 100% heavy cotton, Fruit of the Loom T-Shirts are white, with the logo (below) printed across the back. Available sizes are medium and large.
To get yours today, please contact our office at 204-487-0307 or info@abilityaxis.com!
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Important Dates:
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If you have an event that will be of interest to people in Manitoba's Employment and Disability Community, email it to info@abilityaxis.com to be included in this newsletter and on the Ability Axis website.
Nov 18, 2011 - MSEN Meeting
Dec 3, 2011 - UN International Day of Persons with Disabilities
May 17, 2012 - Ability Axis Employment Expo
View our Events Calendar page for these and many more events
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The Inclusive Corporation
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 When more than 70% of working-age people with disabilities are unemployed - and when employers themselves point to their own lack of knowledge and discomfort as one of the major reasons for this, it is shocking that more concerted effort hasn't been put into resources for educating employers on disability issues.
Hats off to Mr. Hogan for compiling this very thoughtful and thorough book! Combining his professional background in disability concerns with the knowledge he has gleaned as a consultant to the business community, the author has produced a very readable and highly instructive handbook for employers.
Author: Griff Hogan
(Soft Cover, 330 pages)
This publication is regularly available for $22.95 USD, but for a limited time, is available for the reduced price of $18.95 USD plus applicable tax and shipping. Go to the Diversity World Store to select this or any of the available products.
Watch this space as we feature other products available through the Diversity World Store.
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